Norman Reinfield

Norman Reinfield was an American capital murder lawyer. He was infamous for bringing his "death squad" (legal team) to assist defendants in capital murder cases, and, in 1984, NAACP-affiliated reverend Isaiah Street contacted Reinfield about defending Carl Lee Hailey in Madison County, Mississippi. Reinfield offered his services to Hailey for $7,000, and the local church reverend Ollie Agee raised $5,000 from his congregation to pay for the legal fees; however, Hailey told Agee that the money was supposed to go to his family, and that he would expose Agee for his illicit fundraising unless the money went to his current lawyer, Jake Brigance, for the defense fund.